“If an executive producer for 2008’s Slumdog Millionaire pushes forward with a musical adaptation sans Academy-Award-winning director Danny Boyle, then the film’s composer” – A.R. Rahman – “will tighten his grip on ‘Jai Ho,’ the song that also scored two Oscars, in protest.”
Tag: 06.28.12
New Yorker Copy Editors And The F-Word (Or Is It “F” Word?)
“Nothing is so debilitating to a copy editor as having to lavish care on illiterate tweets laced with obscenities. … There should be a detox facility for proofreaders who have undergone this kind of extreme experience.”
Lost Vivaldi Concerto Discovered In Dresden
Finding another Vivaldi concerto isn’t unusual (he was a regular concerto factory). But this discovery is important, according to experts.
Can You Learn Charisma?
“A recent Harvard study revealed that 50 per cent of the average person’s time is spent mind wandering. People who can control this are rare – and can make others feel extraordinarily special.”
What’s Hampering Sales Of EBooks In Europe? National Borders
“Earlier this week in Brussels a ‘books without borders’ declaration was created. The signatories endorsed the principle that there should be no barriers for consumers to acquire ebooks across borders of territories, of platforms or of devices. They agree that we need a neutral VAT regime for books.”
Organizers Say Half Of All Tickets To London Cultural Olympiad Have Already Been Sold
“More than two million people have bought tickets, although this includes events that have already happened such as the 85,000 tickets sold for the Globe to Globe Festival and attendances at the David Hockney and Lucian Freud exhibitions at the Royal Academy and National Portrait Gallery.”
“Fifty Shades” Breaks Print Sales Record
“The first book in the trilogy has sold one million print copies in 11 weeks, beating The Da Vinci Code’s previous record of sales of one million in 36 weeks. According to Nielson Bookscan the book has also broken the weekly record for paperback sales, selling 397,889 copies.”
Byte Me – Martin Scorsese Gives Up Film To Shoot Digital
The celebrated Hollywood director, who has long campaigned for the use of film and restoration of old prints, has “lost the battle” and is to shoot his next project, The Wolf of Wall Street with Leonardo DiCaprio, digitally.
Why Do Some Arts Institutions Expand Too Fast? Because Everyone Else Does It
“Set in Stone,” a new study out of the University of Chicago, ” finds that many institutions recently expanded their buildings in part because everyone else had. Other reasons that organizations will build too much are overambitious trustees, self-interested architects and unrealistic financial projections.”